Great Viability Dye for Flow Cytometry From BioLegend

University of Illinois at Chicago
Anatomy and Cell Biology
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Company:

BioLegend

Product Name:

Zombie Green Fixable Viability Kit

Catalog Number:

423111

Inflammation in brain endothelial cells is measured during viral respiratory infection in mice. Zombie Green viability dye was used to exclude dead cells from analysis.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Flow cytometry

Starting Material

Primary mouse brain endothelial cells

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Staining with viability dye happens before surface staining with antibodies.

Results Summary

A small population of dead FITC+ cells were bright and easily identified. These cells were excluded from analysis in flow cytometry.

DOI or PMID #

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Summary

The Good

Bright staining.

The Bad

None.

The Bottom Line

Zombie Green viability dye works very well to identify dead cells by flow cytometry. Dead cells are FITC+ and there is very little overlap with other channels.

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